YESSSS!!!!!!!! 100 percent.

For sure, it’s ironic that it’s a super transitable area besides all of the parking lots and highways to cross.

Why not both?

More than one thing can be true at the same time. Public safety isn't the reason why your bus is late, or your regional rail can't get you home after 9:00 at night.

Same for me, from SoCal. People in my hometown more POLITE but in terms of friendly, it's hard to beat Philly.

Truffle oil

Ah fascinating thanks!

Yes, the HOA might have their own restrictions, but they are the type of zoning (RMX2 and 3) that the city allows visitor accommodations by right.

Fuck Boston

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> Is PPA legally allowed to ticket cop cars for shit like parking on sidewalks/curb cuts?

I've been seriously considering making a few social media accounts to put the PPD on blast and just link photos of illegally parked Philly police.

They do it near me all the time - they park in the crosswalks at a restaurant nearby, then waddle their fat asses inside and enjoy a sit-down meal.

Fuck anyone who needs to use the crosswalk in the meantime, and god help anyone in a wheel chair or with a stroller.

Real talk. I live in East Kensington, where there are apartment buildings going up on every block. My rent has not been raised on me. Now that there are so many empty units, some rents are actually going down. I’m renting my next place for $200 less than the current tenants are paying.

I would love to take public transportation to and from work. I stopped pre-covid when I witnessed 2 actual fights and one almost fight in a week's time on MFL and suburban trolleys. I felt like Danny Glover saying "I'm getting too old for this shit".

And when that densely packed housing is all poorly constructed "luxury" condos, apartments and parking spaces? That'll sit vacant as a tax write off or sell as an investment opportunity?

There's already a bunch of these types of buildings, though not that large obviously, in the area. A ton of the units in them are vacant, they're expensive, the units are small. And the one around the corner from me has a fire about every 20 days.

There's thousands of projects like this around the city. All target at the luxury market. Tens of thousands of units of housing going in over the next five to ten years. Apparently just few hundred to a thousand are meant to be middle income.

Density is good. But it's hard to look forward to something meant to price you out. Maybe it's a good sign that it's a local developer, but I kind of doubt it.

I haven’t been since they moved to FDR, but when they were around Snyder (I think maybe Mifflin park), I used to love the green mango with the lime/chili salt.

Johnny Brendas if you like them with gravy. Mashed potatoes are good but the gravy is insane.

I'm not sure what brand of color they use, but I go to Wendy at Sage Hair Collective in Old City for vibrants and she's been fantastic (currently rocking purple, but I've done a couple different galaxy/mermaid combos with her). They also send you home with the leftover color so you can do touch-ups at home between visits (which is perfect for my incredibly lazy/procrastinating self)

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Some facades are actually bearing walls. The houses on my block have the floor span between party walls but the roof span front-to-back. You need an architect and maybe an engineer involved.

Chances are, a skilled contractor can do it themselves, but the liability involved is too high.

Ehh, it's been getting packed with people in the past 4-5 years.

Read your homeowner’s policy. If someone is injured or something is damaged during construction and the work is “illegally” done, your insurer may disclaim coverage.

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Yes, but The number of PPD arrest for all shootings has gone up significantly since 2015 but can’t keep pace with the even more rapid rise in violent crime. This isn’t surprising since the number of officers and manpower has not corresponded with the increase in violent crime. But Philly has also seen a large increase in dropped and/or failed prosecutions of the apprehended criminals. This is especially true for VUFA (gun possession charges). By 2020 almost 50% of gun possession charges were dropped by the DA leaving these criminals who are know to have illegal guns back out in the street to shoot and kill people. Also throw in that the DA’s office lost a really big chunk of their experiences lawyers under the kras (both by direct removal and voluntary resignation) and so you have baby lawyers prosecuting violent felonies who are way in over their heads and out matched to the seasoned defense attorneys. Also lawyers don’t want to go work there now because they know it’s a shot show that won’t benefit their careers.

I agree that there is a lot of nuance in these statistics and the causes of them can be argued from many angles, BUT it all adds up to the fact that a violent criminal in Philly more than likely won’t face significant penalties for their crimes.

Source of statistics: https://controller.phila.gov/philadelphia-audits/data-release-gun-violence-trends/

Lawyer loss: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2021/12/07/phila-das-office-lost-over-130-staff-in-2021-records-show/

https://6abc.com/amp/philadelphia-news-district-attorney-larry-krasner-prosecutors-fired/2867602/